Network Engineer

Vamsi Krishna Naarla

************.******@*****.*** : +91-996-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/vamsi-k-naarla CAREER SYNOPSIS

11+ Years of experience in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting large scale LAN, WAN &

Datacenter networks.

Extensive working experience on Cisco ASA 5500 Series and Fortinet Firewalls.

Extensive working experience on Cisco Routers,

Switches and Nexus Switches.

Extensive working experience on Cisco 2500 & 5500 series Wireless controllers and WAPs and Meraki Access Points.

Hands-on experience on Cisco ACS device and RSA

Servers administration.

Basic level of experience on F5 BIG-IP Load balancers.

Basic level of experience on Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimizers.

Extensive Working experience on routing protocols - EIGRP, BGP and OSPF.

Extensive working experience on VLANs, VTP, STP, HSRP and VRRP Protocols.

Excellent experience in Network Planning,

Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking system.

Hands-on experience on Cisco ASA IPS modules.

Hands-on experience on IPsec site-to-site VPN’s, Remote access VPN’s and DMVPN configuration.

Hands-on experience in monitoring tools like Solar Winds, SevOne, Splunk, Whats-up gold.

EXPERIENCE

FIS Global Business Solution India Pvt Ltd.

Chennai, India

Senior Manager Technology Jan 2016 – Present

(Network Manager/Sr. Network Engineer)

Network projects design and implementation –

deployment of Routers/Switches/Wireless controllers.

MPLS circuits/Internet circuits/Metro-E circuits turn-up and upgradation in Datacenters and customer sites.

Routing protocols – BGP/EIGRP configuration in hosted ASRs with Multi-VRFs and customer network devices.

IPSec Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels configuration, Cross connect between customer network and 3rd party

vendor networks in Cisco ASA Firewalls and Firewall Contexts.

Backup tunnels configuration in ASRs and customer routers using DMVPN and Static VTIs for failover

connectivity to Datacenters.

Deployment of Wireless LAN controllers and access- points for customer Internal & Guest wireless networks.

Zone-based firewall configuration for Guest wireless network in Cisco 800 series routers.

Configuration of Cisco stand-alone access points/Meraki Access points for Guest only wireless networks.

ATOS IT Services Pvt Ltd.

Chennai, India

Information Mgmt. Senior Specialist. Mar 2014 – Jan 2016

(Client: Nike Inc.)

Migration of Retail stores from Cisco Easy VPN to MPLS network.

Network setup for new Retail MPLS/VPN stores includes the BW and link proposals and hardware

recommendation.

Implementation of Riverbed WAN optimizers

(Steelhead) for office locations.

Deployment of GRE over IPSec VPN tunnels as failover path for MPLS circuits.

Design and deployment of Routers, Firewall, Switches and Wireless Access Points per customer requirements.

Network level changes and support for Avaya IPT to Cisco IPT migrations, QoS configuration in WAN routers.

Provide support for more than 15,000 Network devices globally including Cisco Routers, Switches, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco WLCs, Access Points, Riverbed WAN Optimizers.

Administration of Vital QIP IP management software.

Configuration of Routing protocols - EIGRP and BGP.

Hands-on experience in ticketing tools - ServiceNow, Remedy, iStar.

HCL Technologies LTD.

Chennai, India

Senior Specialist Sep 2012 – Mar 2014

(Client: Visa Inc.)

Day to day administration and maintenance of over 50+ Cisco ASA firewalls and Cisco Routers/Switches in 4 Data centers.

Design, installation, support & troubleshooting of Site- to-Site IPSEC VPN tunnels on multiple platforms

including Routers & Firewalls.

Delegate tasks and responsibility to the Network Security Engineers and act as primary escalation point for high level troubleshooting and problem solving.

Integration of Network devices in Cisco ACS and

configuration of AAA services (TACACS & RADIUS) in the Firewalls, Routers & Switches.

RSA Servers administration and assign tokens to the technical team members.

Configuration changes in Firewalls and Routers as per the business requirement.

Documentation of network changes and diagrams

updation.

Administration of Cisco ASA IPS modules and periodic updation of IPS signatures.

Configuration of alerts for Network devices monitoring, VPN tunnels status and TCP connections teardown in Splunk.

TechAspect Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Hyderabad, India

Senior Network Engineer Jun 2011 – Aug 2012

Administration of Firewalls (Cisco & Fortigate) & Cisco Layer3 Switches.

Implementation of IPSec Site-to-Site VPNs.

Configuration of web-filters using UTM functionality for all the users based on their project requirement.

Network devices monitoring on daily basis.

VTP and VLANs configuration.

Open Solutions Software services Pvt Ltd.

Hyderabad, India

System Engineer Dec 2010 – Jun 2010

Administration and maintenance of Cisco ASA firewalls and Switches.

VTP and VLANs management in Cisco Switches.

Installing and configuring Avaya IP Phones

Anti-virus management – maintaining regular AV

updates in Servers and workstations.

MS Patch management & Software updates in Servers and workstations.

Asset Management and ISP Vendor management.

Configuration backup of Network Devices on weekly basis.

Info Services

Hyderabad, India

Senior Tech. Support Engineer Aug 2008 – Nov 2010

(Client: Vodafone Essar South Ltd.)

Installation and configuration of Cisco Routers and Switches.

Monitoring network connectivity of all the Vodafone stores in all over Andhra Pradesh.

Configuration back-up and Up-gradation of routers and switches.

Network Planning and implementation for new locations.

Hands on experience in implementation & maintaining WHATSUP GOLD networking tool.

Administration of Tandberg and Polycom Video

Conference devices.

CAT 5e, Cat 6 Cable management in stores.

Asset Management and Vendor management

HCL Infosystems Ltd.

Tirupati, India

Tech. Support Engineer Apr 2007 – Aug 2008

Worked as a L1 Support Engineer and Installing,

Configuring, Maintaining and troubleshooting of HCL Systems within the warranty and AMC basis.

Installation of Cisco and D-Link switches.

Periodical preventive maintenance for Desktops, Printers and Servers.

EDUCATION

Master of Science (Physics)

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Physics and Statistics) Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

CERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

ROUTE and TSHOOT

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Security

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Routing and Switching

Certified Meraki Network Operator

CMNO

Microsoft Certified Professional

70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft

Windows Server 2003 environment.

DEVICES & TOOLS

Firewalls: Cisco ASA and Fortinet.

Routers: Cisco 4300/2900/2800/1900/800 and ASR-

1000 series.

Switches: Cisco 4500/3700/3500/2900 and Nexus

Wireless: Cisco 2500 & 5500 WLCs and Aps and Meraki Access Points

Load Balancers: F5 Big-IP Load Balancers

WAN Optimizers: Riverbed StealHeads

Ticketing: TED, ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira & Bugzilla

Tools: SolarWinds, SevOne, VitalQIP, Splunk and

WhatsUpGold.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Full Name : Vamsi Krishna Naarla

Father’s Name : Sankaraiah .N

Date of Birth : 25th June 1985

Marital Status : Married

Passport No. : H7944481 valid till Mar-2020

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